diff --git a/cmake/corsikaConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/corsikaConfig.cmake.in
index d8e0bb894beeef04788075dd88a5f94d26829765..743e529eb41d14f43fac7d4d85298376233c977c 100644
--- a/cmake/corsikaConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/corsikaConfig.cmake.in
@@ -30,6 +30,18 @@ set (CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS @CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS@)
 set (COMPILE_OPTIONS @COMPILE_OPTIONS@)
 set (CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE  @CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE@) 
 
+#+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+# external dependencies
+# same list as top-level CML.txt, except for Catch2 (not needed here)
+#
+find_package(Boost COMPONENTS filesystem REQUIRED)
+find_package(CLI11 REQUIRED)
+find_package(Eigen3 REQUIRED)
+find_package(spdlog REQUIRED)
+find_package(yaml-cpp REQUIRED)
+find_package(Arrow REQUIRED)
+find_package(PROPOSAL REQUIRED)
+
 #+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 # Import Pythia8
 # since we always import pythia (ExternalProject_Add) we have to